Sr. SAP Business Analyst

Inver Grove Heights, MN

6-month Contract-to-Hire

Our client has an exciting opportunity in our Information Technology group. We are looking for an Agriculture Contract Management (ACM)/Commodity Management (CM) Business Analyst to optimize ACM/CM processes throughout the implementation, support, and enhancement of the SAP ACM/CM area.  You must have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and be able to function in a team-oriented environment with resource and time constraints. 

Daily responsibilities: 

• Understand business needs/requirements and translate that understanding into a form that leads to the creation and/or composition of better process and/or technology solutions in the SAP Agricultural Contract Management (ACM) /Commodity Management (CM) space, always aligned with the Global template.
• Guide business customers through business case development for new applications/functionality, including cost / benefit analysis and risk / impact analysis.
• Support the SAP ACM/CM module, reviewing ticket backlog, prioritizing issues and working them to resolution.
• Perform analysis to gather requirements for integration with other SAP modules (MM, PP, TM, SD....).  MM is SAP’s Procure to Pay module, so a basic understanding is really important for ACM (much more so than PP or Production Planning)
• Provide test plans, test cases, perform functional testing and assure proper user acceptance testing.
• Support, test, and enhance moderately complex information systems and develop adequate error management functionality within assigned applications.
• Provide ownership of testing of projects.
• Provide new user training on supported applications as requested.
• Maintain and promote a strong safety culture and follow all safety policies, procedures and regulations. Identify and communicate workplace hazards and correct or seek assistance in correcting unsafe actions or conditions.

Basic Qualifications: (required)

·         Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, business administration or related discipline (additional years of business analysis may offset degree requirement).

·         10 plus years of experience in an IT Business Analyst role designing, implementing, and supporting SAP Sales & Distribution and Materials Management

·         Demonstrated experience with planning and managing testing for unit tests and integration tests, and in facilitating cross functional, end-to-end business process testing via super users.

·         In-depth understanding and expertise in SAP SD and MM modules including Pricing.

·         Knowledge of SAP ECC 6.0 SD, MM and FI.

·         Process improvement and design capabilities.

·         Familiarity with ad hoc reporting tools.

·         Hands-on configuration experience

·         Ability to be on-call to provide support after business hours as needed

Preferred Qualifications: (desired)

• Project Management and ASAP Project Management certification.
• Experience with 2 full life cycle implementations of Production 
• Exposure to SAP TM, PP, FI, CM and ACM
• Pricing Experience in SD, MM, and CPE Pricing